Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ritchard Blankenbaker, Cooke County, Texas, 1867

Ritchard Blankenbaker registered to vote in Cooke County on August 24, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Cooke County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Cooke County

Ritchard Blankenbaker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ritchard Blankenbaker
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Cooke County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Cooke County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 9 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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